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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 03:50    Post subject: incompetent lab guy / stupid fucking liver
had to give one vial of blood yesterday for some follow-up tests ... look at this shit now ... and I don't bruise easily. I look like a fucking junkie.




now really why I am bitching, is this is a follow-up liver function enzyme test ... meaning my fucking doctor is probably going to tell me to stop drinking :/

Quote:
It is raised in acute liver damage ... AST is commonly measured clinically as a part of diagnostic liver function tests, to determine liver health.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate_transaminase

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Significantly elevated levels of ALT often suggest the existence of... liver damage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanine_transaminase

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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 09:37    Post subject:
Do you have to quit booze completely or can you keep drinking an occasional beer or two sometimes?
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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 10:15    Post subject:
Omg, he really butchered you Laughing Must have been some rookie... I hate when they send you a rookie to take out your blood, you're just a doll for them to practice on...


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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 10:44    Post subject:
Nurse missed me 5 times last time I got hospitalized for dehydration. Was hell -_-

GL Nouse, but you really should cut down on the drinking =/


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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 13:49    Post subject:
What led up to the test?

You would think that they would have come up with a boozeless buzz generator already. Maybe when they figure out how to connect to the brain and pump in some psychotropic signals directly.
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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 15:08    Post subject:
Own up! that's felt-tip isn't it? Smile
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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 15:51    Post subject:
i should've taken a picture of the bruise i got from the IV. didn't think of it lol Very Happy
i got a liver exam in 2 months Very Happy

gl nouse Razz

you wont be told to stop drinking Very Happy
trust Very Happy if anything if they're elevated he'll make you do the blood test again Laughing
and then you'll know!

who knows you could have gall stones like me! and you'll have them removed like me!
and then find out your liver is fucked! like me!
and wait 2 months before they examine it Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sat, 22nd Aug 2009 17:36    Post subject:
swingman wrote:
What led up to the test?


WaldoJ wrote:
you wont be told to stop drinking Very Happy
trust Very Happy if anything if they're elevated he'll make you do the blood test again Laughing
and then you'll know!


this is the follow-up test :/

first test was part of my yearly physical.


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:09    Post subject:
Oh my god man thats gotta suck, i dunno why but i still got the needle marks on my fucking hand from when i was taken for blood samples . fuck this shit


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:18    Post subject:
did u drink lots of days before your physical?

cus that could really change the results of not drinking for a short time an then taking a physical examination
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:28    Post subject:
boysetsfire wrote:
did u drink lots of days before your physical?

cus that could really change the results of not drinking for a short time an then taking a physical examination


That's why they perform a follow up test. If his results still indicate liver damage then he's going to have to change his lifestyle.

Personally I've never seen the allure in drinking so regularly, it just makes me feel less functional.


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:35    Post subject:
yeah changing lifestyle... thats one hard thing too do if you'r happy where u at
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:39    Post subject:
boysetsfire wrote:
yeah changing lifestyle... thats one hard thing to do if your happy where u at


How can you be happy if you're getting pissed all the time? There is always an underlying reason for such behaviour.

I would have though happiness and health go together, so your happiness won't last very long if it depends on regularly getting drunk.


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:44    Post subject:
also before going for blood samples eat something sweet and drink a lot of water


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:49    Post subject:
AnimalMother wrote:
How can you be happy if you're getting pissed all the time? There is always an underlying reason for such behaviour.

I would have though happiness and health go together, so your happiness won't last very long if it depends on regularly getting drunk.


guess i like to think long enough too not be put in some rest home and wither away with the lot

but you're right you can't help the drunks out of the world for the reason u stated
(not aiming at nouse offc)


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 00:50    Post subject:
b0se wrote:
also before going for blood samples eat something sweet and drink a lot of water


So they think you have insulin resistance?


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 01:02    Post subject:
my mom once had a trembling intern taking some blood. Half her arm was bruised for 2 weeks... That is what you get when you go a university hospital: 'We train future surgeons here madam, they have to learn it as well...'
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 01:16    Post subject:
had my blood taken for 5 or 6 times not even a mark after 1 day.. but yeah he's some 60 year old dude
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 01:24    Post subject:
Me and my mom have the same problem, our veins are not too visible. So it comes down to the experience of the lab nurse, if he/she has experience, they find the veins fast, but damn, sometimes it taks 10 minutes of plucking in my hand just to start the blood flow... Sad
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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 06:34    Post subject:
spankie wrote:
my mom once had a trembling intern taking some blood. Half her arm was bruised for 2 weeks... That is what you get when you go a university hospital: 'We train future surgeons here madam, they have to learn it as well...'


here these types of clinics are privately run (they just bill the govt for costs directly).

oh, I don't get "pissed all the time" ... I do drink pretty regularly but maybe a couple times a month I actually get drunk.


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PostPosted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2009 16:36    Post subject:
nouseforaname wrote:
spankie wrote:
my mom once had a trembling intern taking some blood. Half her arm was bruised for 2 weeks... That is what you get when you go a university hospital: 'We train future surgeons here madam, they have to learn it as well...'


here these types of clinics are privately run (they just bill the govt for costs directly).

oh, I don't get "pissed all the time" ... I do drink pretty regularly but maybe a couple times a month I actually get drunk.


Yeah I wasn't really referring you with that, just making a general comment that kind of lifestyle.


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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 06:12    Post subject:
arm is better now Smile I had to start taking some antibiotics for my stomach (Metronidazole) which fucks you up pretty good if you try to drink on it .... so I stopped drinking for 10 days almost

celebrating now Cool Face


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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 21:46    Post subject:
Can you tell me what you like about alcohol so much? This is a legitimate question, because personally I don't get that much out of it. There are other legal ways to enhance a social occasion however. Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Sep 2009 19:22    Post subject:
@nouse
Looks like the guy went through the other side of the vein so when he is taking blood it is leaking out the other side of the vein during the procedure. It could of been worse, hematoma, or he could of hit a nerve.

@AM
I can't answer for anybody else and without going into detail, I can say sometimes it makes things more bearable when in an unbearable situation in which you have almost no power to change. Sometimes the frustration of trying again and again really starts to get at you. For some alcohol, and this totally isn't right, can get you through the day. A few drinks and things don't seem that bad.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Sep 2009 19:44    Post subject:
well I don't personally have anything in my life atm I'm trying to make more bearable.

I just like to get buzzed and enjoy beer, that's it Smile


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Sep 2009 23:33    Post subject:
nouseforaname wrote:
well I don't personally have anything in my life atm I'm trying to make more bearable.

I just like to get buzzed and enjoy beer, that's it Smile


Ya, I get that. It is fun but at the same time beer doesn't really screw with your liver at your/our age unless you have some other medical condition which makes you sensitive. Everybodys reasons are different I guess.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Sep 2009 23:45    Post subject:
pistolshrimp wrote:
nouseforaname wrote:
well I don't personally have anything in my life atm I'm trying to make more bearable.

I just like to get buzzed and enjoy beer, that's it Smile


Ya, I get that. It is fun but at the same time beer doesn't really screw with your liver at your/our age unless you have some other medical condition which makes you sensitive. Everybodys reasons are different I guess.


well sometimes I like whiskey too Wink Besides, the doc only said my levels were slightly elevated. I haven't actually scheduled an appointment yet to talk about the results of this follow-up test. I had the first test about a year back ... (think I mentioned it here), and this is a long overdue follow-up :/


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PostPosted: Wed, 9th Sep 2009 00:03    Post subject:
I know when AST or ALT is at 200 your liver is 70%. I think it is the GGT which is the important one. Slighty elevated would mean to me under 100 and that is outta the one where is it 1-40 scale.
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